#i think they're quite good personally

[glittergoats]

My bf has been playing Bug Fables for the first time which has been a GREAT excuse to draw more art hehe

#bug fables #kabbu bug fables #leif bug fables #vi bug fables #mothiva #zasp #my art #can you tell kabbu is my favorite LOL #i have posted my revamped gjinkas for them before on here for the curious! #i think they're quite good personally #anyways mothiva and zasp designs are new #had a lotta fun w them too #i think i captured their essence pretty well

[front-facing-pokemon]

#spinda #AAAHHHH YES!!! our belovèd spinda. from their café!!! probably one of my favorite minor characters from pmd sky #whom i don't even think was in the original explorers games. i think spinda's café was exclusive to sky. if i'm remembering correct #ly. or maybe that was shaymin village. i know shaymin village was for sure but maybe it was just that and not both of them. either way #have a delicious drink and allow the flower of conversation to bloom! i could quote spinda all day. he had “hopes and dreams” before toby #ever did. THAT'S ALSO like i had no idea what spinda's pronouns were. i kept trying to figure it out because i talked about him quite a lot‚ #but no one in game ever talked about him. to mention his pronouns? turns out. there's ONE line of dialogue where the post office fucker in #shaymin village mentions him and calls him a he. i think that's the only time spinda is referred to in the third person with a pronoun #i believe it's when they're talking about like. how you can send gifts or whatever and pick up the characters' responses at spinda's café #which is still a really fucking good feature. of any video game. SEE WHAT I MEAN spinda and their café is just an incredibly good Thing #it's to the point where my home wifi network is named “Spinda's Café Wi-Fi” because i love it so much. so if you're ever runnin around #and you see a wifi network by that name… it might be me! you never know! or… it could be the real deal. the real spinda's café is somewhere #nearby…! ugh. i wish. i would go there immediately #not even to mention all the other shit about this pokémon that's really good. like that they never walk in straight lines or whatever #their little dance. it's just. huUGHKLJKAHJVDHJHDAJSVGD i love spinda. a nice pick-me-up after the underwhelmingness that was grumpig #shake it this way… shake it that way… and stir it all around… and it's done!

[canisalbus]

Does machete have to hide his relationship with Vasco? Since he's a cardinal and all. That's gotta be tough considering how hard of a life he's had.

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#I don't think he has a choice #luckily they're both quite good at keeping secrets #I'm not entirely sure how many other people know for certain #as you may remember Vasco was forced into a lavender marriage in his early 20's to cover up his homosexuality #his wife knows he's gay and is fine with him having extramarital partner(s) #their relationship is close but purely platonic #she probably doesn't know the identities of Vasco's dates or meet them but she knows they're there #I think Machete's longtime personal assistant his closest right hand man might find out sooner or later #maybe he helps to facilitate things #but that might be it #if a word of their relationship got out it would be devastating for both #of course there's always rumors and gossip but it's the same for literally every public figure so people rarely take that seriously #answered #anonymous #Vasco #Machete #Vaschete lore

[magistralucis]

pronouncing the necron 'sz': personal rating list*

broke: /s/ only ('seras')

woke: /z/ only ('zeras')

provoke: /s/ and /z/ pronounced separately ('s-ze-ras')

bespoke: /ʂ/ or /ʃ/ ('scheras')

invoke: tensed fricative /s͈/ ('sseras')

misspoke: /s/ but evil ('ßeras')

(* Further notes in tags.)

#warhammer 40k #wh40k #necrons #illuminor szeras #necron #shitpost #german speakers i am so sorry you had to read that with your eyes 😂 i also speak german i do know eszetts can't start words #originally this was just for fun but it seems there are quite a lot of ways wh40k fans pronounce this #native english speaking fans usually seem to stick to 's' #whereas in languages that actually use this digraph it would be s/ʂ/ʃ #but in korean translations 'sz' defaults to 'z' so it's definitely 'zeras (제라스)' and 'zarekh (자렉)' #and sometimes the 's' and 'z' are both present and pronounced like in japanese ('s-za-rekh';スザーレク) #(i personally use ʃ because it seems the logical compromise) #in lore terms i think all or most of those pronunciations were used among the necrontyr and there is not one 'canon' version #variety is the spice of life it's fine they're all good. well maybe not the last one but still 😂 #according to TDK the necrontyr didn't have a united language until szarekh came along so they must've had different dialects #i reckon that's why the silent king made his universal language. so people could pronounce his name how HE specifically wanted it #it's all becoming so clear now!!!! 😬

[maulfucker]

Some sketcheys of this AU because I needed to get some of it out of my system

#hm i should make an original art tag #darth maul #maul #asajj ventress #senator maul au #the other two nightsisters are just random designs not ocs or canon characters i just wanted to add more dathomirians #because making maul the shortest in a group is one of my favorite visual gags #and i think it's fun that he'd be the most 'colorful' of the group #all clothes are reds n grays because i got lazy . i am not great at designing outfits. and even worse at picking colors for the designs #i gave him (all of them really) silver-ish jewelry because 1. i like the color more and 2. more fitting imo. silver is more magic propertie #i think in this au ventress is in the age range wookieepedia lists as her legends age. so she's like. younger than padmé #an apprentice senator. still learning about the senate and senatorial life so she can take maul's place when he quits #i think the other half of the delegation (or at least the other senator) would be significantly older than them. they're both so young #they need an older person who can be the voice of reason and experience #ventress gets big clotheys because 1. she's a teen here she deserves the proper coverage and 2. it's fun to go the opposite route of usual #fantasy designs where the guy gets a lot of layers and the girl gets clothes that show too much skin #but don't worry he IS wearing space underwear. a bad (or good) camera angle will not catch sight of his peanus in that second sketch

[tswwwit]

One of the staff workers in raised spirits DEF thinks dippers at least fucking one of the ciphers ghosts

I'd go so far as to say more than one of the staff members has certain Suspicions, re: Dipper talking to thin air all the time.

#answers #Poltergeist Bill's been keeping it on the down-low #Inasmuch as he's able to #But c'mon. The eerie atmosphere of the place. The way things move around #You could have sworn you put the thing one place and then it turns up in another inconvenient one #The sudden gust of *cold* nearby only to vanish when you startle #Also your boss yelling 'GodDAMNIT Bill' every once in a while #And arguing with thin air with big gestures. Leaving pauses long enough for someone to actually say something back #The latter being *really* hard to fake #I'd say more than a couple people have a hunch the place is actually legit haunted #I don't know about them thinking he's doing Bill - the more salient thing is them knowing there's a ghost at ALL #But Gideon left SUCH a bad taste in everyone's mouth that they're going with Dipper's 'nope totally normal manor' thing #Everyone's on board with 'screw that guy'. Gideon's just that unpleasant #Also regarding Bill's not-quite interactions with the staff #There's theoretically a snippet somewhere of an employee blearily watching someone invisible struggle with the coffee machine #Watching the spluttering electronics for a half-awake moment before nervously scooting a french press over there instead #That person's in Bill's good books now

[xxlovelynovaxx]

The point of vote blue no matter who at this point isn't even about getting our needs met, especially as minorities

It's about picking the less autocratic fascist option, the party that would rather neglect us to death rather than outright kill us, so that we're still ALIVE come next election cycle and can continue building community resources independent of our passively genocidal state!

Like, yeah I'm a profoundly disabled trans crip. My vote doesn't "not matter" because politicians will never, EVER give a shit about me. That much is true. It matters because I remember how suicidal I was when Trump wanted to pass legislation that would have made even people like me ineligible for SSI, and how the Biden administration just. Hasn't bothered with SSI. It matters when Republicans are openly trying to force queer people into hiding by way of military dictatorship, and democrats sometimes use lip service in favor of some of us for their platform.

Like. I get it. It's not much of a lesser evil to be left to die than to be murdered. But goddammit, when you ARE building community and organizing and doing the other things to survive as best you can...

Idk. I'd rather that than actively looking death in the eyes. I do in fact think that the preservation of life, no matter how thin the pretense which causes it, still fucking matters

#the epitome of leftist community btw #the person I'm vagueing tbh is one of the people I most admire in so many ways and on so many topics #but the outright doomerism on this. when EVERY POST is like 'its not about change its about buying time and not dying' #when they're usually so good about 'we can't wait for glorious revolution we gotta help people NOW' #but with voting we gotta wait until there's someone worth voting for rather than choosing the one that won't KILL us?? #like I don't hate this person and quite frankly I fucking empathize because I've been a screaming rat in a cage about these things for YEARS #but it just. annoys me. at the end of the day it's just super fucken annoying #and that's okay. I'm still gonna support them in every possible way bc no I don't think they're doing any real harm I'm just. pissed off #and that's my own business #(hence vagueing rather than replying since they don't even follow me lol)

[uncanny-tranny]

Look, if you've encountered a disabled person's life or living standards and you personally don't like it, the least you can do is not saying "I'm so grateful I don't like like that" or worse "I'm so glad I'm not you"

It is actually incredibly simple to simultaneously not center yourself and the way you aren't disabled or the way your disabilities don't impact your life like others and to not shame and humiliate others. It's sometimes okay to keep comments like that inside your mind, where it won't hurt that person.

#disability #disability advocacy #ableism #ableism tw #especially applies to disabled people who physically cannot clean or mentally ill people #like at a certain point you don't choose to live in a certain way. especially if it is a situation you do not like. #like for instance a depressed person often might get so unwell they don't take care of ANYTHING... #...and when you want to quite literally die... it's hard to be clean and tidy and presentable #but like that's just a wild example that obviously never happens (sarcasm) #i'm just so fucking tired of seeing this shit and seeing the people saying that shit facing no challenge... #...because i think a lot of people agree with the general idea of 'if i wouldn't live like you... #...'maybe your life isn't worth living (because i have deemed it so)' and like. holy shit man it's bleak and depressing #i understand the impulse to judge and that is neither good nor bad. what IS bad is doing THAT shit #if you're judging somebody that isn't always a terrible response. but if you're kicking somebody while they're down that... #...says something about you i think

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

#man ive never seen an eating disorder kill someone else besides a parent infecting a child but my nana is really trying #shes like 1000% orthotexic. will not eat anything not filled with vegetables or fat. and my grandpa is 87yo with a heart condition currentl #in the hospital for covid bc thry went to Christmas church and dont believe in being vaccinated and my dad is so frustrated #bc he knows his mom is not gonna give his dad hearty foods. he needs to eat like protein shakes and meat and ice cream. anything thats not #her cooking which sucks on top of being extremely healthy. except its not healthy bc they dont eat a balanced diet #so its my nanas eating disorder killing her husband and shes so fucking frustrating. im like 99% sure she has obsessive compulsive #personally disorder bc she fits to a T and has zero insight. she may have full on 0cd bc talking to my dad he has more obvious 0cd #compulsions than i do. he used to say phrases before going to bed and would take 2 steps across the floor to prevent bad things from #happening. so like im pretty sure my nana is where i get my perfectionism and 0cd. god. i wish i could express how fucked up she is #like my dad said at least he had a stable home to grow up in but like she has zero sympathy for other people. cannot look past herself. wil #not wear a mask bc she doesnt care enough abt other ppl. my dad was like: u would not have survived in that house. which is fair bc i am #barely keeping it together coming from a stable home with two sympathetic parents who i know love me #and like its sad that they're suffering the effects of buying into the fox news bullshit and its killing them #but also. genuinely. i think theyre not very good ppl. theyre the type of people who think they're better bc they're religious. white. and #thin. and theyre not better thsn anyone. their grandchildren cant stand them. well cant stand her at least. papa is just quite so its hard #to say what hes thinking. apparently he was confused last night and saying something about eating dinner on the golf course. which sounds #nicer thsn being in the hospital lol. ugh. he seems not long for this world tbh. may he pass peacefully to b with his 1st wife who died of #brain cancer at age like 20 or something. so it goes. bleh. how many funerals are intended for me in the next 5 years? hopefully none but #that seems improbable with the unspoken drain circling that seems to b going on in this family. old age and like almost 10 years of cancer #defying the stats but for how much longer? #i dunno. its just so weird to watch these things happen and not talk about it directly to the other ppl who see it #i worry that ill come off as too callose or inappropriate bc i have that tendency when something bad is happening but thats everyone else #excuse? idk i just feel like its better to talk abt things #unrelated #ed mention #i tell u this so i can say these things to someone and also bc if i were u. i would like to hear the drama #bc im nosey and i assume other r too ;-]

[preseriesdean]

We're lucky we had Dad. 1.14 'Nightmare' | 8.18 'Freaks and Geeks'

#spnedit #corespnedit #samdeanedit #samedit #deanedit #* #*sdc #i feel like both these moments can seem antithetical to the core of their personalities #but they're really not #dean does tell sam at some point that sam and john 'were practically the same person' #and this doubt dean had about his father was there all along even though he would have denied it throughout the earlier seasons #like that resentment about being left behind #and sam's shift from 'hunting sucks bye' to 'actually...' happens quite early on in the show #and throughout the rest (that s8 retirement mishap nonwithstanding) sam usually stands by the fact that hunting is all there is for him #whereas dean shows resentment towards the way he was raised even though he does resign himself to the lifestyle #i am in particular thinking about that scene with mary where shes like 'he was a good dad' and dean is like 'yeah...' #(if i'm not mistaken; almost everything post season 8 is second hand knowledge for me) #(also as far as characterization goes i tend to take everything post-s5 with a grain of salt) #idk just some thoughts #family is hell #my father was an obsessed bastard #you two were practically the same person #i always feel a bit ridiculous sharing my thoughts because its been 17 years and everything that can be said probably HAS been said already #but this is just me rediscovering My Show under a new light and it's fun :) #why do i have to be some kind of hero

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

It is not classist that Jason, a vigilante in a *family of vigilantes*, is violent like the rest | just | because he comes from a poor family

What's (more likely) classist is writers thinking he needs to be taught right vs wrong from Bruce and co and that he consequently makes snap judgments out of some childish grudge-fueled rebellion which makes him dangerous the way a toddler holding a knife is dangerous

#that dumb godzilla vs kong beast wrld issue is a prime example of what I'm talking abt #but I can't even say that's | classism | per se #cause it's also just a product of writers not liking him solely for being in opposition to their bbyg bruce #kelseethe #when will people get it in their heads that shooting someone isn’t “more" violent #than cracking their skulls on cement or ripping their bodies to shreds “but keeping them alive” #things the other bats do pretty regularly and with quite a bit of pride too #it will never not be weird that people see Jason remorselessly poisoning a child trafficker who did it for EXTRA cash #or shooting+killing a dude who was deliberately poisoning his young kid and wife with a drug similar to street fentanyl #and think he should have his edges rounded out #people who say Jason can afford to be “less violent” #are accidentally “Jason should kill less sob sob urban legends is good” schmucks #which is kinda more pathetic than being his anti like at least they *know* what they're saying #even if he was more rageful like in rh gotham war instead of cold/detached like in utrh I'd have that any day #over cheer Jason's “sob sob bad people dying still has consequences I don't really know how to cope with so rubber bullets see” nonsense #ever since his appearance in batman 408. everything Jason has done #he did knowing exactly why he was doing it and what the consequence(s) would be #he believes the extent of “harm” a person causes is always their choice #and he doesn't do more for the sake of revelling in the pain he causes the way bruce does #but whatever he does do he never tries to sugarcoat or downplay which makes it all the more agreeable #and he certainly doesn’t convince himself he does it out of love or compassion or some other mushy horeseshit #like sorry you're of feeble mind but I'm not a wuss and I think it's very logical and cool lol

[jackalmeat]

I am once again tormenting myself for fun and enrichment with the fact that, quite frankly, I simply do not believe in the least that Vander's violence toward Silco began with or was isolated to The River Incident.

#Arcane #Vander #Silco #Zaundads #do I personally interpret them as having been intimate companions of one flavor or another in the past? yes. #do I also interpret them as having grown increasingly codependent + toxic over time #to the point that physical violence and other forms of abuse developed an escalating presence in the dynamic? yes. #they're both so fundamentally vital to the person they each become; and I like to think that their relationship was fittingly complicated #containing a dizzyingly intense kaleidoscope of good and ill and everything in between for a long time prior to The River Incident #I just don't quite believe that they'd have etched themselves into each other's very BONES the way they did #if everything in the past had been more or less decent right up until it Wasn't #(this is the problem with being new to a fandom: not having specific people to yell with about things) #(I'm ALL'A Y'ALL'S problem until I make a circle of dedicated yelling buddies)

[shimmerluna]

i'm really not mad about how they ended it with wilmon tbh

#shimmer's thoughts #young royals #prince wilhelm #simon eriksson #young royals season 3 #young royals season 3 spoilers #yr s3 spoilers #yr s3 #i feel like it needed to happen. i would've been upset if it didn't happen #and whether or not it works out... i don't think i'll be upset. i don't think i mind #like. wille needs help and support. but simon isn't the person to give that to him. he's dealing with a lot too #so it's just. this felt like the right thing. this had to happen. yknow? #i wonder if this is an unpopular opinion? ig i'll check the tags after this now that i can unblock them #anyways. i was worried i'd be super stressed but i'm honestly quite calm about the cliffhanger. my brain is quiet now #wilmon-wise at least. i just won't get invested in the other characters until the show's over then #edit after glancing through the tags: to be clear i'm not saying wilhelm is a terrible person or anything #i think he's just struggling and clearly needs help simon can't give him. there are multiple sides to it #although yeah they're kinda/basically in an abusive relationship in which wilhelm is the abuser #things can still be complicated. it doesn't need to be black and white like that. it usually isn't in real life #and i think yr does a good job portraying that

[bittersweetresilience]

aspec characters on my character list: 73/96 arospec characters on my character list: 46/96 aroaspec characters on my character list if i wasn't repressed about it: 96/96

#🌃 #the last one is a joke but also it's not i do think i interact with characters and their relationships in a fundamentally aroace way #HOWEVER #i hate headcanoning characters to be different than they are stated to be in canon i think it's incompatible and personally disrespectful #but with gender and aroace headcanons it's different because #the good thing is aroace spectrums cover such a broad range of experiences that it can be reconciled with just about any relationship type #aro people can date ace people can have sex aro people can have unrequited feelings #sometimes being aroace is that fundamental feeling of isolation and not quite understanding how #other people do it like they're getting love right and you don't know what it is or how to get there #sometimes being aroace is not being interested in all of that sometimes it's desperately wanting it and then realizing #what you want isn't exactly the same as what other people do #sometimes it's nonhuman coding sometimes it's neurodivergence coding sometimes it's a drive for knowledge or truth in place of Romance™ #sometimes it's connection a bit to the left sometimes it's disconnection sometimes it's hunger sometimes it's looking through a window #reaching or wanting to reach or feeling like you should be wanting and not sure how to deal with the fact that you don't #for me always it's lonely #but it doesn't have to be #i can make these characters happy... like sisyphus and camus... #i don't know what i'm even going on about anymore 😂 #THE POINT IS #if you are my favorite character you cannot escape the aroaceification 😘 love you queerplatonically

[optiwashere]

What does Ashreera and Shadowheart like about each other respectively? Fluff qn :)

Heya anon! I really enjoyed writing the answer to this one 💜

Because I'm me, this got kinda long-winded. All of this is stuff that's in the fics. The fluffy fics show the domestic side of things, but It Is the Wound She Gave Me and Like I Am Safe Again are the linchpins to their relationship. The Gauntlet/Nightsong fic that I'm chipping away at will be equally as important!

But I like typing about my babies soooooooo!

Shadowheart finds Asheera's bad jokes and obvious flirting endearing. Asheera's also pretty forward without disrespecting her boundaries, and Shadowheart loves that. In-game Asheera challenges her without trodding on firm "no" areas, and that's a huge show of respect. Shadowheart's low level of self-esteem gets big validation from someone like Asheera.

Even when Asheera is being a Paladin-ass Paladin™ she is always leaving room in their relationship for Shadowheart to have agency over what to share, who to be, and things like the events in the Gauntlet/Shadowfell. That's not something you get as a Sharran, and from someone that's dedicated to redeeming monsters and creating change in the world... I mean, the themes are right there!

Asheera finds Shadowheart's love of animals very telling of the kind of person she is. Asheera thinks someone who is as willing to say, "I'd rather not talk about this" as Shadowheart has a firm command of what she wants. Even if she needs nudges to know it's OK to express her desires and needs as well as what she doesn't want. The slim difference is actually huge.

Even when Shadowheart is potentially on the road to becoming a Dark Justiciar, and therefore someone that Asheera must kill, she is taking these things for herself that she deserves. Asheera might hate the choice that Shadowheart could make, but it's Shadowheart's choice. Shadowheart spares Aylin for whatever her reasons are (crisis of faith + wanting to know the memories and past that Aylin can give her) but Asheera sees it as someone that's finally embracing the fact that she is a person and she deserves to choose. When Shadowheart turns to Asheera and asks, "what should I do?" Asheera says nothing. She just nods. Shadowheart chooses for herself from that point onward.

As for in a love sense and not just a general "companionship" sense?

Shadowheart loves that Asheera isn't complicated in her love. There's nothing for her to hide with Asheera. She's tired of darkness. Asheera embraces her faults and all the things she's done as a Sharran without any hate in her heart. Though Asheera is a paladin of Redemption, she also doesn't treat Shadowheart as a project to fix. Shadowheart is just Shadowheart, and that makes it easy for her to love Asheera. She likes that no matter how she's feeling, no matter the kind of day she's had, Asheera is there for her. In anger, in joy, and in darkness.

Asheera loves Shadowheart's strength and perseverance, and the fact that she can pick herself up after something that would destroy most people. That she's extremely capable, but also that she's strong enough to share her moments of vulnerability or uncertainty. That she cares so much more than she lets on. That Shadowheart knows she can trust Asheera with anything, and that after a certain point she does.

Love is something that changes shape, especially in long-term romantic relationships. Sometimes the changes are good, though.

#hey you can ask me things! #oc: asheera #asheera's takes on the other companions in the tags! #Asheera enjoys Karlach's ability to live in the moment and they are the best buds #Astarion is a strange little man that Asheera desperately wants to make a “good” person (good luck) #Gale is that delightful friend who has really specific interests that she loves being around because hearing his excitement makes her happy #Lae'zel is that person she respects but there's an edge to it that never quite pushes over into hating each other #Wyll is a friend that tries to be all buddy buddy because they're both Baldurian but Wyll is a noble-ass noble and Asheera is NOT #Halsin and Asheera get along swimmingly but it's nothing special #Jaheira finds Asheera to be little more than a child in a lot of ways and thinks that she has a lot to learn (in a motherly sorta way) #Minsc doesn't get why Asheera thinks so much of what he says is funny but he respects paladins (the way he talks about Keldorn in BG2!!!!) #y'all should go see the banter Minsc has with Aerie in BG2 about wanting her to be his new witch... #it makes his almost rage moment after talking about Shadowheart post-House of Grief even more heartwarming #I know Minsc is ha-ha funny man but he has so much heart and he is absurdly endearing

[syn0vial]

yesterday, i learned that one of my acquaintances from church is like, gleefully and unreservedly supportive of the gazan genocide despite going to a church where every sermon for the past few weeks has been about the horrors and tragedy of said genocide. like, i could not fucking believe how hilarious he seemed to think it is that innocent palestinians are dying, just grinning and laughing and shaking his head and rolling his eyes when my pastor and i expressed horror at the innocent people being killed. just remembering it makes me choke up with anger.

anyway, i'm going to be very stupid and try to talk to him about it this coming sunday. i'll use all my teacherly tricks to try and gently lead him to feel one single scrap of empathy for the victims of israel's civilian massacre, but lbr: he'll probably respond with the same amount of glee and condescension as last night and it's going to end with me making me a scene at church.

but i know i shouldn't. so here are some things i should NOT say, no matter how angry he makes me:

i've always hated the sound of your voice, even before you said such horrible things. you say everything with such condescension. when you read the gospels in church, i have to hide my face behind my program to hide my grimacing. you make the words of christ himself sound like a grift of some oily used car dealer who thinks he's smarter than he actually is. i pity you for going through life with such a voice, and pity you even more for thinking it charming.

it baffles me that you'd allow something as basically human as compassion for the suffering of others to be so utterly sanded away by propaganda. it's pathetic that you could laugh at innocents dying. you've let yourself be lobotomized by a clumsy surgeon and style yourself wise with the icepick still sticking from your skull.

i've always thought your face looks like an easter island head sculpted from a raw chicken breast.

see? none of those would be productive, no matter how truly they express my feelings about this person.

thus: people of faith, pray that god grants me the wisdom and restraint to not light this motherfucker up in the middle of coffee hour. amen.

#vent post #personal post #this happened last night and i thought i'd feel less angry in the morning but NOPE #still incandescent about it #sometimes i think i'm a very self-righteous and unforgiving person #bc i can't seem to do the thing other people do where they can just chalk things like this up to a difference in opinion and remain friends #when someone is cruel‚ it feels like it completely deranges me #suddenly they're a monster in my eyes #buuuut none of the philosophies i subscribe to endorse this kind of black-and-white thinking. quite the opposite actually. #so. i've gotta work on seeing people as works-in-progress rather than writing them off as incorrigible monsters #but.... lemme just vent first 🤬 #love my pastor though. i was raised jewish‚ and he was adopted by a jewish family when he was 13 and almost became jewish himself #so i feel like we have similar spiritual backgrounds and see eye-to-eye on a lot of things #after my argument with the above asshole‚ my pastor and i spoke at length about what was happening in gaza and how horrible it all is #as well as topics like zionism‚ antisemitism‚ and the torah #he's such a good guy. i'm sad he's retiring :( #i feel like we need him now more than ever to keep speaking out about the genocide #and to make sure views like the one mentioned above don't take hold in our church #cw: genocide #cw: racism